Health care expenditures after introduction of a gatekeeper and a global budget in a Swiss health insurance plan

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 370-376

  Etter, Jean François ^a   Perneger, Thomas V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BUDGET; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; MANAGED CARE; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 0031725997     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.52.6.370     Document Type: Article

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